Car-window.



PATENTED MAY 26 J. W. SCOTT.

GAR WINDOW. APPLICATION FILED MAY 14, 1907.

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PATENTED MAY 26 J. W. SCOTT.

GAR WINDOW. APPLICATION FILED MAY 14, 1907.

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W/ma ATTORNEYS-Q JESSE WESLEY SCOTT, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

CAR-WIN DOW.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 26, 1908.

Application filed May 14, 1907. Serial No. 373,636.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J EssE WESLEY Soon, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Car-Windows, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The purpose of the invention is to provide a novel construction of a car window, wherein the window may be swung open from either side to a greater or lesser extent and locked in its open or closed position, whereby to permit the window to be opened in a direction opposite to that in which the train is traveling, admitting of ample ventilation yet preventing the ingress of cinders through the ventilating open.

It is a further purpose of the invention to provide simple and readily operated means for locking and unlocking the window when in either open or closed position, and for limiting the downward swing of the window.

It is also a purpose of the invention to provide a screen for the opening disclosed by the outward operation of the window, which screen can be quickly and conveniently placed in position or removed therefrom, and to so construct the window and its appurtenances that the entire construction will be light, novel and economical, and applicable to any window frame for a car, and so that the main operative parts of the'device will be concealed from view.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of the several parts as will be hereinafter fully set forth and. pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the improved window and the frame in which it is fitted; Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectional side view of the side stile of the window, illustrating in detail the upper and lower locking bolts carried thereby; Fig. 3 is an enlarged transverse section taken practically on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2; Fig. 4 is a plan view of the window frame and window, the top section of the frame being removed and the window being shown open; Fig. 5 is an enlarged vertical section through an upper corner portion of the window and itsframe, the section being taken practically on the line 5*5 of Fig. 1; Fig. 6 is an enlarged vertical section taken through a lower corner portion of the window and frame, the section being taken practically on the lines 66 of Figs. 1 and 3. Fig. 7 is a sectional longitudinal edge view of a side stile of the window illustrating also in edge view the bolt shifting mechanism shown in side elevation in Fig. 2; Fig. 8 is an enlarged transverse section through the window frame and window, showing the window opened and a screen also in transverse section as covering the opening; Fig. 9 is a top plan view of the closed window and upper stopping device therein, portions of the frame being diagrammatically shown; and Fig. 10 is a side view of the screen.

The window frame A consists as usual of a bottom sill 10, side stiles 11 to which stop beads 12 are secured .in the customary man'- ner, which stop beads at their outer longitudinal edges are provided each with an angu outer side members 15, and the member 16 of the top is connected with the horizontal member 17, that extends through the frame beyond its inner portion and is connected at its inner end to an upright member 19, at-

tached to or constituting an integral portion of the board 18 or the like, which is parallel with yet spaced from the upper member 17 of said frame, whereby to form between said members 17 and 18 a pocket 20. The mem ber 18 of the frame extends to practically the outer edge of the stop beads 12. Adjacent to the outer edge of the top member 17 of the window frame and near the ends of said member, a ertures 21 are provided for the passage of ocking bolts to be hereinafter described, and these apertures 21 are reinforced particularly at their rear portions by plates 21* attached to the under face usually of the top members 16 and 17, as is also best shown in Fig. 5.

In connection with the top construction just described I employ two stop links 22 and 22 shown in Figs. 4, 5 and 9. These stop links are pivoted at their inner ends as is shown at 23, one at each side of the center of the top member 17 of the frame, and these stop links 22 and 22 while horizontally located, are curved in opposite directions or in the direction of the sides ofthe window frame A, as is particularly shown in Fig. 9, and the sto links 22 and 22 are widest at their outer or ree ends, where each stop link 22 and 22 is provided with two downwardly extending lugs, namely, an inner lug 24 and an outer lug 25.

The window B consists of side stiles 26, top and bottom connecting stiles 27 and 28 and a transparent pane 29 surrounded by said stiles, but any desired number of panes may be employed, and the frame of the win dow is reinforced at each of its corners by angular irons 30 of the channel type, and each corner iron 30, as is particularly shown in Fig. 2, is provided at its inner side edge with a longitudinal staple or elongated eye 31, preferably constituting an integral portion of the corner irons. A check plate 32 is secured to the inner ends of the window frame at its upper edge, and the said check plate 32 extends from the window frame in a horizontal direction within the pocket or compartment 20, as is shown best in Fig. 5, and is provided at its outer edge with an upwardly extending flange 34 located between the lugs 24 and 25 of the stop links 22 and 22, so that when a window is swung outward at one side to open it, the same being pivoted in the frame at the opposite side, as is shown in dotted lines in Fig. 9, and in full lines in Fig. 4, the outer lugs 25 of the stop links will limit the outward movement of the said window, and as the window is closed and restored to its transverse position within the frame, the flange of the check plate 32 engaging with the opposing lugs 24 and 25 of the stop links, will carry the latter inward to the position shown in full lines in Fig. 5.

The check plate 32 is usually secured to the outer f aceof the window by means of a downwardly extending flange 33, as is shown in Fig. 5. Guide plates 35 are embedded in the sill 1.0 of the window frame A, as is best shown in Figs. 4, 6 and 8. These guide plates 35 are provided with longitudinal slots 36 and the said guide plates, which extend outwardly from the stop beads 12 are curved in direction of each other, as is especially shown in Figs. 4 and 8, and the slot 36 in each of the guide plates 35 is over a correspondingly shaped recess 37, produced in the sill 10 of the window frame, as is illustrated in Fig. 6, and in the bottom of each of said recesses 37 usually three apertures 38, 39 and 40 are produced at desired intervals apart.

Locking bolts are located centrally in each side stile 26 of the window frame, as is especially shown in Fig. 2, and these bolts in each side stile consist of an upper bolt 0 and a tends out through an opening in the corner irons 30 for the said frame, and the arms or members 0 of these bolts C and C have movement in chambers 41, formed at the corner portions of the said stiles 26, being covered by the corner irons 30, as is also shown in Fig. 2. A recess or chamber is provided in the outer face of each side stile 26 of the window frame, these chambers being located at or about the centers of said side stiles, as is illustrated in Fig. 2, and in each of the said chambers a casing 42 is fitted corresponding in shape to the chamber in which it is fitted, and each casing 42 is covered normally by a plate 43, that is secured in any suitable or approved manner to the inner face of the stile 26 in which the casing is introduced.

A post 44 is rigidly passed from the back of each casing 42 forwardly at its center, and the said posts 44 are circular in cross section and receive the inner end portions 45 of crank handles 45 held to freely turn in a cover plate 43. These inner members 45 of the handles 45 turn loosely on the studs 44, but are exteriorly of polygonal contour, and the inner polygonal portions of the handles 45 are made to enter correspondingly shaped openings 46 formed at the central portion of levers 47 one of which levers is located in each casing 42, as is shown in Figs. 2 and 7.

An angular bar 48 is pivotally attached to each end of a lever 47, and each bar 48 is provided at its free end with an interiorly threaded socket 49, and these sockets face respectively upward and downward and are in vertical alinement with the body portions of the bolts C and C, the inner ends 50 of said bolts being threaded to enter the said sockets 49, so that the said bars form extensions of the bolts. A spring 51 is employed for maintaining the links 48 in such position as to throw the outer ends or members a of the bolts C and C outward to a locking position. This spring 51 is preferably made from one piece of spring wire of suitable gage, coiled around the post 44 in the casing 42, being carried in opposite directions therefrom and formed into coils 52, and from said coils the terminal portions of the spring are carried horizontally to an engagement with the bars 48, as is shown in Fig. 2. Thus while normally the bolts C and C are held in locking position relatively to the window frame, they can be drawn inward at any time by turning the crank handle 45 belonging to them in the proper direction, and it is obvious closed end of the Window will enter the sta that said bolts can be independently operated.

In connection with each Window I employ a screen D, which consists of a suitable skeleton frame 54 and a reticulated or perforated body 55, the body of the screen being provided at one outer longitudinal edge with tongues 56, one adjacent each end of the body, and at the central portion of the opposite side of the body a button 57 is located, operated by means of a suitably attached handle 58.

In the operation of the window, the bolts at that side of the window which is nearest the rear end of the train, are drawn inward and then that side of the window is carried outward until the bolts operated enter either one of the apertures 39 and 40 in the guide plate 35 adapted to receive said bolts, as is shown for example, in Figs. 4 and 8, it being understood that the bolts at the opposite side, which will be the pivot side of the window, are located, the low one in the inmost opening 38 opposite its guide bar 35, while the upper bolt will remain in the opening 21 and in the top member 17 of the window frame. Should the window be carried out to its full extent at that side which is open, the stop links -22 and 22 will act as has been stated upon the check plate 32, to prevent the window from opening beyond a predetermined distance. When the window is closed, the hooks 14 carried by the stop beads 12 will not engage with the staples 31 at the closed edge of the window, but when the window has been opened the hooks at the ples 31 at the same end, and constitute intermediate hinges therein and guide devices at the same time, while at the open end of the window the staples 31 will freely pass by said hooks. By employing the hooks and staples, they aid in supporting the window when open, so that the bolts are relieved of undue strain, the Window is more securely hinged, and will be held hinged even though the bolts should. get out of order and fail to act as hinges.

If it is desired to place a screen D in position at the open portion of the window, it is slipped in between the side stile 26 at such portion of the window and the opposing stop bead. 12, as is shown in Fig. 8, and the lips 56 of the screen are made to enter the staples 31 at the open portion of the window, while the button 57 is turned so as to enter the groove 13 in the stile 11, as is also illustrated in Fig. 8. It is evident that the window can readily be opened from either side and as readily closed, and that the operation in both directions is exceedingly simple; and it is furthermore evident that a screen D may be placed in position or removed with convenience and despatch.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

1. In a window, the combination with a frame having apertures in its top and bottom members and curved guideways in its bottom member, and a window fitting loosely in the frame, of connected upper and lower sliding bolts at each side of the window and adapted to enter the apertures and guideways of the frame, means for independently operating each set of bolts, a check plate projecting from the top of the window, and stop links pivoted to the top of the frame, and having their free ends extending in opposite directions and in sliding engagement with the check plate.

2. In a window, the combination of a frame, awindow pivoted therein, a check plate projecting from the top of the window, and stop links pivoted at one end to the top of the frame and having their free ends ex tending in opposite directions and in sliding engagement with the check plate.

3. The combination with a window frame, ways on the lower sill of the said frame, which ways have series of apertures therein, a window loosely mounted in the said frame, upper and lower pivot bolts at each side of the window, extending out therefrom at the top and bottom, independent operating means for each set of bolts, whereby to draw them inward or force them outward, the lower bolts being adapted to enter the said ways and any of the apertures therein, the upper bolts being adapted for pivotal connection with the upper portion of the window frame, a horizontal check member ex tending inward from the upper portion of the window, and stop links pivotally connected with the frame and engaging with the check member.

4. In a window, a frame, a window pivoted therein to swing from either side, a flanged check plate, and pivoted stop links, each having at its free end spaced lugs between which extends the flange of the check plate.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JESSE WESLEY SCOTT.

WVitnesses J. F. BALLING, J. DEMPsEY. 

